Artist Shirley Woodson shares her career and lessons, and the importance of drawing to artists.
The importance of drawing and multiple works at once: Shirley Woodson’s advice
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Summertime wish list: Give us mosaics and gift cards and more!
Mint is getting ready for a busy summer of art making – and free arts and crafts in Palmer Park. And as they say it takes a village, so we are asking our village to give us some supplies. These all will be used by our teen artists for creative community art projects. Here’s our summertime wish list: Art supplies: …
Final four emerging artists at the Palmer Park Art Fair
Mint Artists will have a full tent at the Palmer Park Art Fair this weekend. We’ve been introducing you to our emerging artists bit by bit, blog post by blog post.
Here are the final four, who we hope you come buy and buy from in person on June 1 or 2:
Oluwaseyi Akintoroye creates photographs of nature, and increasingly of people and scenes from Detroit and around Michigan. She also sometimes works in water color or acrylic paints and she attends Cass Tech.
Selene Craddock makes felted animals that look very lifelike – from lambs to butterflies and elephants. Appropriately enough, the CASA and Clawson High School student will work at the Detroit Zoo this summer.
Jessica Fligger is new to Mint, and also lives fairly close to Palmer Park. She creates both paintings and ceramic tiles and pieces, and works with Mint Ambassador Barbara Barefield as her mentor.
Lia Massey is graduating from Cass Technical High School this year. She designs and creates original fashions and gowns (including the prom dress shown) and paintings of women wearing fashion apparel.
Meet all our artists in person – and buy their beautiful work at the Palmer Park Art Fair ! Hours are Saturday 10-7 and Sunday 11-5.
Meet this trio of Mint Artists at the Palmer Park Art Fair
Meet two newcomers to Mint Artists Guild and one veteran artist, all of them heading to the Palmer Park Art Fair.
Second trio of Mint Artists attend Cass Tech; that’s where similarity ends
Meet DeWayna, De’Shaia and Prince, three artists from Cass Tech, who are in the Mint tent at the Palmer Park Art Fair.
Meet three Mint Artists and buy their work at Palmer Park
A brief introduction to Annie, Alexis and Trinity, three of the 13 Mint Artists at the Palmer Park Art Fair.
Make the most of your job interview: Interview tips for emerging creatives
If you’re searching for a creative summer job, with Mint Artists or elsewhere, get ready for job interviews. These may be nerve wracking or thought provoking, frustrating or fruitful. And they are generally one key to landing a job. There’s plenty of research and advice available on job search and job interviews, some of it written by me for Fortune …
New donation tool
Mint Artists is growing – in generosity, in youth working for us and in many other ways. So we have a new monthly or quarterly donation program. Give $5 or $50 a month in this easy, secure online space. It will take less than two minutes – and make a huge creative difference to our growth! Photo of Mint summer …
Judy Bowman believes in setting one big goal – and using that to guide your choices.
Hers is to create a good body of work, professional presented. “Leave a legacy for my children” as an artist and a person who pursued her passions, she said.
She is pursuing hers intently now after retiring from a 30 year career as a teacher and high school principal. Bowman creates beautiful collage pieces – usually people in happy or everyday moments – and then limited edition giclee prints that sell for hundreds of dollars. Though she just restarted her art career a few years ago, she’s already represented by Jo’s Gallery in Detroit and appeared in many exhibits, the Essence Festival, Bombay Saphire and at the Belle Isle Art Fair. She’s also a regular and amazing supporter of Mint Artists Guild.
“I hear of an opportunity, take a deep breath and say ‘let’s try it.’ It’s stepping out there. Just go for it,” Bowman says.
She believes that artists must “be watchful for opportunities. Be ready to take advantage of them.”
And allow people to help you. Many people have helped her with her career, in part because of her open and friendly approach
When I showed up at an Artist2Artist talk, Judy and I hit it off. We talked about art and artists selling their work. And I told her and the other artists there that night about the debut of the Belle Isle Art Fair. Judy Bowman followed, showed up – and sold a lot of work.
“Be very receptive,” of people and opportunities, she said, and jump on those that are stepping stones toward your big goal.
(Photo: © Charlene Uresy, used with permission)
Article copyright © 2016 Vickie Elmer, updated 2020
Smart & beautiful insights, advice in pricing artists work
Dorothy Jett-Carter creates beautiful bags and purses from vintage African cloth. Her creative work is sold at the Detroit Institute of Arts gift shop, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History shop and in galleries and art fairs. She also has experience selling creative work to department stores. And in all those places, she strives for consistent …
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